Golden Melodies From Japan by Paul Mark, His Orchestra And Voices released on Imperial in 1961.

Ambient Exotica wrote:

"Golden Melodies From Japan by Paul Mark is the Honolulu-based pianist and organist’s second album where he carves out his vision of Japanese Exotica in the whopping amount of 14 tracks. Released on Imperial Records in 1961, it is a very important work (though not many people have heard it, let alone of it), as it embodies an interstitial position: it sits right in-between Mark’s much better known East To West (1961) which is a live recording with a septet at Honolulu’s Oasis Night Club and supercharged with galactic organ textures, koto, shamisen and guitar twangs as well as bongo blebs on the one hand, and his quirkily titled edutainment corker 12½ Geishas Must Be Right (1963) on the other hand which features orchestral strings, harps..."

http://www.ambientexotica.com/exorev277_paulmark_goldenmelodiesfromjapan/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d62Xm7yUDkM&list=RDd62Xm7yUDkM&start_radio=1

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Ended Tuesday and welcomed Wednesday after a swim with East To West by Paul Mark and His Orchestra released on Imperial in 1961.

Ambient Exotica wrote:

"There is no Exotica album like Paul Mark's East To West..no other act or orchestra can unchain the same multiplicity of Lounge, Space-Age, Exotica and Far Eastern traces...

The incessant mixture of Paul Mark's Hammond organ and celeste with the gongs, xylophone, koto and shamisen is awe-inspiring and unique in the Exotica landscape. Some tunes are Rock-like and joyful thanks to the simulation of a fairground organ, others bathe in mystique and darker half-tones. Exotica fans who are fond of the Japanese tonality will be happy to know that East To West features two to three tunes that reappear a bit more regularly in their favorite genre. The rest is excitingly alien and deliciously strange.."

http://www.ambientexotica.com/exorev205_paulmark_easttowest/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxoccJKwAUw&list=PLqx8HE-cr3HuxH1xoHvcLOMvsJvoFSkOF&index=8

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